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Rankings
&EstimatesRankings of the States 2011 and
Estimates of School Statistics 2012
NEA RESEARCH
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Contents
Foreword........................................................................................................................................................... vii
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................ix
Part I.Rankings of the States 2011 Highlights ............................................................................................ix
Part II.Estimates of School Statistics 2012 Highlights ...............................................................................xi
Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................... xiii
RANKINGS 2011 ..................................................................................................................1
Technical Notes ...................................................................................................................................................2
Series APopulation...........................................................................................................................................3
Series BEnrollment and Attendance ................................................................................................................9
Series CFaculty ..............................................................................................................................................14
Series DGeneral Financial Resources ............................................................................................................24
Series EGovernmental Revenue.....................................................................................................................30
Series FSchool Revenue ................................................................................................................................37
Series GGovernment Expenditures................................................................................................................44Series HSchool Expenditures.........................................................................................................................50
Index to Rankings Tables...................................................................................................................................59
ESTIMATES 2012...............................................................................................................63
Technical Notes .................................................................................................................................................64
Highlights of Significant Developments in Public School Statistics .................................................................65
1. General Administration..................................................................................................................................69
School Districts...........................................................................................................................................69
2. Students..........................................................................................................................................................71
Fall Enrollment in Public Schools ..............................................................................................................71
Average Daily Attendance..........................................................................................................................72
High School Graduates...............................................................................................................................72
3. Instructional Staff...........................................................................................................................................74
Total Instructional Staff..............................................................................................................................74
Classroom Teachers....................................................................................................................................74
Instructional Staff Salaries..........................................................................................................................75
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Classroom Teacher Salaries ....................................................................................................................... 76
4. Revenues ....................................................................................................................................................... 80
Total Receipts............................................................................................................................................. 80
Revenue Receipts....................................................................................................................................... 80
Increases in School Revenue...................................................................................................................... 81
5. Expenditures.................................................................................................................................................. 83
Total Expenditures ..................................................................................................................................... 83
Current Expenditures ................................................................................................................................. 83
Current Expenditure per Student in ENR................................................................................................... 84
Capital Outlay ............................................................................................................................................ 84
Interest on School Debt.............................................................................................................................. 84
Tables for the 50 States and the District of Columbia....................................................................................... 86
State Notes for Rankings and Estimates............................................................................................................ 97
References ....................................................................................................................................................... 101
Framework for Developing State Profiles and Comparisons ........................................................................ 103
Framework for Developing State Statistical Highlights of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools....... 107
User Feedback Form........................................................................................................................................ 111
Tables and Figures for Rankings
Note: Listings of the numerous figure and table titles for Rankings are provided in the introductorymatter for each series (e.g., in the section, Series APopulation, the titles for Figure A and TablesA-1 to A-11 are shown on page 3). A comprehensive subject index to the Rankings tables begins on
page 59.
Tables and Figures for Estimates
Highlights Table 1. 201112 versus 201011 Estimates for 50 States and D.C. Statistics of Pub-
lic Elementary and Secondary School Districts .......................................................................... 66
Highlights Table 2. Summary of Selected Estimates Data for 201112 .......................................................... 67
Table 1.1 Ten-Year Trend in Total Number of School Districts, 20022012............................................. 69
Table 1.2 Regional Totals for Operating School Districts, 201112 .......................................................... 70
Table 2.1 Ten-Year Trend in Total Public School Enrollment, 20022012 ............................................... 71
Table 2.2 Ten-Year Trend in Total Public Elementary School Enrollment, 20022012............................ 71
Table 2.3 Ten-Year Trend in Total Public Secondary School Enrollment, 20022012.............................. 72
Table 2.4 Ten-Year Trend in Average Daily Attendance, 20022012 ....................................................... 73
Table 3.1 Total Instructional Staff, 201011 and 201112......................................................................... 74
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Table 3.2 Ten-Year Trend in Total Instructional Staff, 20022012 ............................................................75
Table 3.3 Ten-Year Trend in Total Number of Classroom Teachers, 20022012 ......................................75
Table 3.4 Ten-Year Trend in Average Instructional Staff Salary, 20022012............................................76
Table 3.5 Ten-Year Trend in Average Annual Salaries for Public School Classroom Teachers,
20022012 ...................................................................................................................................78
Table 3.6 Ten-Year Trend in Percentage Change in Average Annual Salaries for Public
School Classroom Teachers, 20022012.....................................................................................79
Table 4.1 Total Revenue Receipts, 20022012 ...........................................................................................80
Table 4.2 Total Revenue Receipts, 20022012, by Source of Government Contribution...........................81
Table 5.1 Ten-Year Trend in Total Expenditures for Public Schools, 20022012......................................83
Table 5.2 Ten-Year Trend in Total Current Expenditures for Public Schools, 20022012 ........................84
Table 5.3 Ten-Year Trend in Expenditures per Student, 20022012 ..........................................................85
Summary Table A. Estimated Number of Public Elementary and Secondary Districts, 201011
(Revised) and 201112 ................................................................................................................86
Summary Table B. Estimated Fall Enrollment, Elementary and Secondary Public Schools, 2010
11 (Revised) and 201112...........................................................................................................87
Summary Table C. Estimated ADM and ADA in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and
Number of Public High School Graduates, 201011 (Revised) ..................................................88
Summary Table D. Estimated ADM and ADA in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and
Number of Public High School Graduates, 201112...................................................................89
Summary Table E. Estimated Number of Instructional Staff Members in Public Elementary and
Secondary Schools by Type of Position, 201011 (Revised)......................................................90
Summary Table F. Estimated Number of Instructional Staff Members in Public Elementary and
Secondary Schools by Type of Position, 201112 ......................................................................91
Summary Table G. Estimated Average Annual Salaries of Total Instructional Staff and of Class-
room Teachers, 201011 (Revised) and 201112 .......................................................................92
Summary Table H. Estimated Revenue and Nonrevenue Receipts, 201011 (Revised)..................................93
Summary Table I. Estimated Revenue and Nonrevenue Receipts, 201112....................................................94
Summary Table J. Estimated Expenditures for Public Schools, 201011 (Revised) ......................................95Summary Table K. Estimated Expenditures for Public Schools, 201112.......................................................96
Highlights Figure 1. Ten-Year Trends in Public Education Data, 20022012................................................68
Figure 2.1 Annual Enrollment Changes, 20022012....................................................................................72
Figure 2.2 High School Graduates, 20022012............................................................................................73
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Figure 3.1 Average Classroom Teacher Salary, 19922012 ........................................................................ 77
Figure 3.2 Distribution of Average Classroom Teacher Salaries, 2012 ....................................................... 78
Figure 4.1 Percentage of Revenue Change over Prior Year by Source, 20022012.................................... 82
Figure 5.1 Distribution of 201112 Current Expenditures per Student in Fall Enrollment.......................... 85
Figure 5.2 Capital Outlay and Interest on Debt, 20022012........................................................................ 85
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Foreword
he data presented in this combined reportRankings & Estimatesprovide facts about the extent to
which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might
expect in a nation as diverse as the United Stateswith respect to economics, geography, and
politicsthe level of commitment to education varies on a state-by-state basis. Regardless of these
variations, improvements in public education can be measured by summary statistics. Thus, NEA Research
offers this report to its state and local affiliates as well as to researchers, policymakers, and the public as a
tool to examine public education programs and services.
Part I of this combined reportRankings 2011provides state-level data on an array of topics relevant to
the complex enterprise of public education. Since the 1960s, Rankings has presented facts and figures
useful in determining how states differ from one anotheror from national averageson selected
statistics. In addition to identifying emerging trends in key economic, political, and social areas, the state-
by-state figures on government financing, state demographics, and public schools permit a statistical
assessment of the scope of public education. Of course, no set of tables tells the entire story of a states
education offerings. Consideration of factors such as a states tax system, provisions for other public
services, and population characteristics also are needed. Therefore, it is unwise to draw conclusions based
solely on individual statistics in this report. Readers are urged to supplement the ranked data with specific
information about state and local service activities related to public education.
Part II of this combined reportEstimates 2012is in its 68th year of production. This report providesprojections of public school enrollment, employment and compensation of personnel, and finances, as
reported by individual state departments of education. Not surprisingly, interest in the improvement and
renewal of public education continues to capture the attention of the nation. The state-level data featured in
Estimates permit broad assessments of trends in staff salaries, sources of school funding, and levels of
educational expenditures. The data should be used with the understanding that the reported statewide totals
and averages may not reflect the varying conditions that exist among school districts and schools within the
state.
Public education in the United States is a joint enterprise between local, state, and federal governments.
Yet, progress in improving public education stems primarily from the efforts of state education agencies,
local districts, and individual schools. These public organizations deserve credit for recognizing that
spending for education needs to be acknowledged as an investment in our nations most valuableresourcechildren. Similarly, this publication represents a collective effort that goes well beyond the staff
of the National Education Association. Individual state departments of education and the NEAs state
affiliates participate in collecting and assembling the data shown here. As a result, the NEA appreciates and
acknowledges the cooperation it receives from all those whose efforts make this publication possible.
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Executive Summary
EA Research collects, maintains, and analyzes data on issues and trends affecting the nations
public education systems and their employees. This report, Rankings of the States 2011 and
Estimates of School Statistics 2012, contains data based on information from state departments of
education and other, largely governmental, sources. Complete citations for sources in this report are
provided in the References section. Significant highlights of these two reports are as follows:
Part I. Rankings of the States 2011 Highlights
Population: State population data provideindicators of the relative demand for public
education services and other public programs.
From 2008 to 2009, the total U.S. resident
population increased by nine-tenths percent
(0.9%). States that experienced the greatest
percentage gains in population were the Utah
(2.1%), Wyoming (2.1%), Texas (2.0%),
Colorado (1.8%), and District of Columbia
(1.7%). Michigan (-0.3%), Maine (-0.2%), and
Rhode Island (-0.1%) experienced population
declines (Table A-3). (All further references A-H
refer to tables in the Rankings section.)
The total U.S. resident population increased by
10.0 percent during the decade from 1999 to
2009. Nevada (36.6%) and Arizona (31.3%)
experienced the greatest percentage gains in
population over that 10-year period. Other states
that had large 10-year gains include Utah
(26.4%), Georgia (22.2%), Idaho (21.2%), and
Texas (20.5%). (A-4).
The most densely populated state in 2009 was
New Jersey, with 1,174 persons per square mile
of land area. The District of Columbia had a
population density of 9,766 persons per square
mile. The average population density for the
United States and D.C. in 2009 was 87 persons
per square mile. The least densely populated
states in 2009: Alaska (1), Wyoming (6),
Montana (7), and North Dakota (9) (A-11).
Enrollment: In fall 2010, U.S. public schoolenrollment was 49,244,844, up 0.2 percent over
fall 2009. The largest percentage enrollment
changes from fall 2009 to fall 2010 were in Utah
(2.3%), Texas (1.8%), Nevada (1.6%), and Idaho
(1.5%). Nineteen states experienced declines in
student enrollment in fall 2010. The greatest
declines were in the Rhode Island (-4.4%),
Vermont (-2.2%), New Hampshire (-1.6%), and
Maine (-1.2%) (B-2, B-3).
Classroom Teachers: Changes in the number of
staff employed in education institutions as well astheir levels of compensation reflect trends in
enrollment; changes in the economy; and specific
state, local, and national program priorities.
There were 3,153,567 teachers in 201011 (C-5).
The average number of students per teacher
increased from 15.4 in 200910 to 15.6 in 2010
11. This ratio of students to teachers must not be
confused with Average Class Size, which is the
number of students assigned to a classroom for
instructional purposes. Class size and student-
teacher ratio are very different concepts and
cannot be used interchangeably. According to
recent studies, the difference between student-
teacher ratio and average class size in K3 is 9 or
10 students (Sharp 2002). Therefore, an
elementary school with a school wide student-
teacher ratio of 16:1 in kindergarten through third
grade would typically have an average class size
of 25 or 26 students in those same grades. The
highest number of students enrolled per teacher
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provided between 43 and 50 percent of the total
revenues.
Government Expenditures: Expenditures for
elementary and secondary schools and for higher
education can serve as indicators of state and
local government effort to fund these services.Between 1999 and 2009, expenditures for
elementary and secondary (K12) education
increased 16.8 percent, whereas higher education
spending increased 28.5 percent, in real dollars.
The ratio of elementary and secondary
expenditures to higher education expenditures
was 2.5 to 1 in 2009, similar to the 2008 ratio of
2.6 to 1.
Part II. Estimates of School Statistics 2012Highlights
Enrollment: Public school enrollment was
expected to increase by 11,000 students from
201011 to 201112, from 49,244,844 to
49,255,742. Changes in the elementary grades
were estimated to be -1,441, and secondary
classes were expected to enroll about 12,339
more students. Of course, changes in enrollment
vary across the country, with considerable
differences predicted from state to state and
district to district.
Classroom Teachers: To meet the increasing
programmatic and changing enrollment demands
of local school districts, state education
departments expected the number of public
school classroom teachers to increase by nearly
45,000, from 201011 to 201112 inspite ofrecent staff reductions. There were an estimated
3,153,567 teachers for 201011 compared to
3,198,203 in 201112. Implications for local
school district finances vary. Nevertheless,
clearly the shifting enrollments may present
serious challenges to existing school finance
relationships at the state and local levels as
districts prepare to meet needs generated by
increased enrollment and additional school
personnel.
Classroom Teacher Salaries: Based on trends,the NEA estimated that the average classroom
teacher salary for 201112 would increase by 1.8
percent over 201011, from $55,623 to $56,643.
The national average salary, although useful as a
benchmark statistic, hides vast differences among
states, with statewide averages likewise clouding
significant local variations.
Expenditures per Student: Expenditures per
student in fall enrollment were expected to
increase by 1.9 percent to $10,976 in 201112,
up from $10,770 in 201011. This compares with
a 1.9 percent increase in total current
expenditures.
General Resources: State governments still
provide the largest share of public school
financial supportestimated at 45.5 percent for
201112similar to the revised figure of 45.5
percent in 201011. Once again, differences
among states are considerable, reflectingdifferences in state and local revenue systems,
demographic characteristics, and program
priorities, to name but a few factors.
For 201112, the federal governments
contribution to public elementary and secondary
school revenues decreased from 11.3% to 10.6%,
compared to 201011. The federal, state, and
local revenue contributions for public education
for 201112 are estimated at $63.7 billion,
$272.9 billion, and $262.7 billion, respectively,
totaling $599.3 billion.
See Estimates pages 66 and 67 for additional
summary information.
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Glossary
Average Daily Attendance (ADA): The aggregate
attendance of a school during a reporting period
divided by the number of days school is in session
during this period. Only days on which the pupils
are under the guidance and direction of teachers
should be considered as days in session. The
average daily attendance for groups of schools
having varying lengths of terms is the sum of the
average daily attendances obtained for the
individual schools.
Average Daily Membership (ADM): The
aggregate membership of a school during a
reporting period divided by the number of days
school is in session during this period. Only days
on which pupils are under the guidance and
direction of teachers should be considered as days
in session. The average daily membership for
groups of schools having varying lengths of terms
is the sum of the average daily membershipsobtained for the individual schools.
Average Salary: The arithmetic mean of the
salaries of the group described. This figure is the
average gross salary before deductions for Social
Security, retirement, health insurance, and so on.
Basic Administrative Unit: See School District.
Capital Outlay: An expenditure that results in the
acquisition of fixed assets or additions to fixed
assets, which are presumed to have benefits formore than one year. It is an expenditure for land or
existing buildings, improvements of grounds,
construction of buildings, additions to buildings,
remodeling of buildings, or initial, additional, and
replacement equipment.
Classroom Teacher: A staff member assigned the
professional activities of instructing pupils in self-
contained classes or courses, or in classroom
situations. The number of classroom teachers is
usually expressed in full-time equivalents.
Coefficient of Variation (CV): The standard
deviation expressed as a percentage of the mean.
Used to compare standard deviations of varying
groups of data.
Current Expenditures: The expenditures for
operating local public schools, excluding capital
outlay and interest on school debt. These
expenditures include such items as salaries for
school personnel, fixed charges, student
transportation, school books and materials, and
energy costs.
Current Expenditures for Elementary andSecondary Day Schools: Included are the
following:
a. Expenditures for administration by the stateboard of education and the state department
of education excluding expenditures for
vocational rehabilitation and salaries for
personnel who provide supplementary
services, such as state library, state
museum, teacher retirement, teacher
placement, and so on.
b. Expenditures for administration by countyor other intermediate administrative units.
c. Total current expenditures by local schooldistricts, such as expenditures for
administration, instruction, attendance,
health, transportation, net food service,
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maintenance and operation, and other net
expenditures to cover deficits for
extracurricular activities for pupils. (Net
food service also includes the value of
commodities donated by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, such as those
provided through the school lunch and milkprograms.)
d. Direct state expenditures for currentoperations, such as state (employer)
contributions to retirement systems,
pension funds, or Social Security on behalf
of public school employees; state
expenditures for textbooks distributed to
local school districts; and all other
expenditures made by the state on behalf of
free public elementary and secondaryschools. Includes current expenditures
made for vocational/technical elementary
and secondary education.
Current Expenditures for Other Programs:
Current expenses for summer schools, adult
education, post-high-school vocational education,
personnel retraining, and community services;
services to private school pupils, community
centers, recreational activities, and public libraries,
and so on, when operated by local school districts
and not part of regular public elementary andsecondary day-school programs.
Debt: The major portion of all state and local
government debt constitutes long-term
indebtedness. A substantial portion of such long-
term debt is nonguaranteed debt (i.e., obligations
payable solely from pledged earnings of specific
activities or facilities, from special assessments, or
from specific nonproperty taxes).
Education: The provision or support of schools
and other education facilities and services.
Effort: A measure that relates the capacity to
support public schools (defined as the personal
income of the residents of the state) to the revenues
obtained, or expenditures made, on behalf of public
schools. The latest available personal income data
determine the school year for which school
revenues and expenditures are chosen for
comparison. Personal income for the year shown
would be available to pay school taxes or defray
school expenditures in that school year.
Elementary School: A school classified as
elementary by state and local practice andcomposed of any span of grades not above grade 8.
A preschool or kindergarten school is included
under this heading only if it is an integral part of an
elementary school or a regularly established school
system.
Enrollment: A cumulative count of the number of
pupils registered during the entire school year. New
entrants are added, but those leaving are not
subtracted.
Expenditures: All amounts of money paid out by a
governmentnet of recoveries and other correcting
transactionsother than for retirement of debt,
investment in securities, extension of credit, or as
agency transactions. Expenditures include only
external transactions of a government and exclude
noncash transactions, such as the provision of
perquisites or other payments in kind. Aggregates
for groups of governments exclude
intergovernmental transactions among the
governments involved.
Fall Enrollment: The count of the pupils
registered in the fall of the school year, usually in
October.
Fire Protection: Comprises fire-fighting and fire-
protection activities of local governments.
Full-Time Equivalent Employment: A computed
statistic representing the number of full-time
employees that could have been employed if the
reported number of hours worked by part-time
employees had been worked by full-timeemployees. This statistic is calculated separately
for each function of a government by dividing the
part-time hours paid by the standard number of
hours for full-time employees in the particular
government and then adding the resulting quotient
to the number of full-time employees.
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Functions: Public purposes served by
governmental activities (education, highways,
public welfare, etc.). Expenditures for each
function include amounts for all types of
expenditures serving the purpose concerned.
General Expenditures: All expenditures of agovernment other than utility expenditures, liquor
store expenditures, and insurance trust
expenditures.
General Revenue: All revenue of a government
except the kinds of revenue classified as utility
revenue, liquor store revenue, and insurance trust
revenue. All tax collections, even if designated for
insurance trust or local utility purposes, are
classified under general revenue.
General Sales Taxes: Sales or gross receipts taxes
that are applicable, with only specified exceptions,
to all types of goods and services or all gross
income, whether at a single rate or at classified
rates.
Health: Health services, other than hospital care,
including health research, clinics, nursing,
immunization, and other categorical,
environmental, and general public health activities.
School health services provided by health agencies
(rather than school agency) are included.
High School Graduate: A person who receives
formal recognition from school authorities for
having completed the prescribed high school course
of study; excludes equivalency certificates.
Hospitals: Establishment and operation of hospital
facilities, provision of hospital care, and support of
other public or private hospitals.
Household: A unit that includes all persons
occupying a house, apartment, or room regarded asa dwelling unit, excluding group quarters such as
dormitories.
Individual Income Tax: Taxes on individuals
measured by net income and taxes imposed on
special types of income (e.g., interest, dividends,
and income from intangibles).
Instructional Staff: Full-time equivalent number
of positions, not the number of different individuals
occupying the positions during the school year. In
local schools, instructional staff includes all public
elementary and secondary (junior and senior high)
day school positions that are in the nature of
teaching or in the improvement of the teachinglearning situation. Includes consultants or
supervisors of instruction, principals, teachers,
guidance personnel, librarians, psychological
personnel, and other instructional staff. Excludes
administrative staff, attendance personnel, health
services personnel, clerical personnel, and junior
college staff. In institutions of higher education,
includes those engaged in teaching and related
academic research in junior colleges, colleges, and
universities, including those in hospitals,
agricultural experiment stations, and farms.
Interest on Debt: Annual expenditures to pay
interest only on long-term debt.
K12: Kindergarten through 12th grade. Used for
convenience of abbreviation in the Rankings tables;
comprises Elementary School and Secondary
School as defined in this glossary. Thus, as is the
case for Elementary School, K12 here may
include preschool and/or kindergarten but only if it
is an integral part of an elementary school or a
regularly established school system.
Live Births: Number of births in the United States.
Mean: The arithmetic average of the data.
Median: The middle number in a group when data
are arranged in numeric sequence.
Membership: A count of the number of pupils
belonging to a school, whether present or absent,
on a day when school is in session.
Noninstructional Staff: In local schools includes
administrative and clerical personnel, plant
operation and maintenance employees, bus drivers,
and lunchroom, health, and recreational personnel
engaged by school systems. In institutions of higher
education includes cafeteria, clerical, and custodial
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workers in colleges and universities, hospitals,
agricultural experiment stations, and farms.
Nonoperating School District: A school district
that does not provide direct instruction for pupils
but contracts with or pays tuition to other districts.
Nonrevenue Receipts: The amount received by
local education agencies from the sale of bonds and
real property and equipment, loans, and proceeds
from insurance adjustments.
Operating School District: A school district that
directly provides instruction for pupils by hiring its
own staff.
Personal Income: State personal income is the
current income received by residents of the statefrom all sources, including transfers from
government and business but excluding transfers
among persons. It is a before-tax measure. The total
includes both monetary and nonmonetary income
of individuals and income received in kind. It also
includes the investment income of nonprofit
institutions serving individuals as well as the
investment income of private trust funds and
private noninsured welfare funds.
Police Protection: Preservation of law and order
and traffic safety. Includes highway police patrols,crime prevention activities, police communications,
detention and custody of persons awaiting trial,
traffic safety, vehicular inspection, and so on.
Property Taxes: Taxes conditioned on ownership of
property and measured by its value. Includes both
general property taxes (i.e., relating to property as a
whole, real and personal, tangible or intangible,
whether taxed at a single rate or at classified rates)
and special property taxes (i.e., on selected types of
property, such as motor vehicles or certain or all
tangibles, subject to rates that are not directly
related to rates applying to general propertytaxation).
Public Welfare: Support of and assistance to
eligible persons contingent upon their need.
Excludes pensions to former employees and other
benefits not contingent on need. Expenditures
under this heading include cash assistance
payments directly to needy persons under
categorical and other welfare programs; vendor
payments made directly to private purveyors for
medical care, burials, and other services provided
under welfare programs; welfare institutions; and
any intergovernmental or other direct expenditures
for welfare purposes. Any services provideddirectly by the government through its hospital and
health agencies are classed under those headings.
Range: The difference between the highest and
lowest values in a group of data.
Resident Population: In addition to those who are
residents of an area, includes armed forces
personnel who are stationed in the area.
Revenue: Revenue receipts for public schoolpurposes derive from three main sources:
Local. Local, intermediate, and other
sources include all funds for direct expenditures by
local and intermediate districts for school services,
for the operation of intermediate departments of
education, for employer contributions to retirement
systems and/or Social Security on behalf of public
school employees, for the purchase of materials for
distribution of local school districts, and so on.
Includes net receipts from revolving funds or
clearing accounts only when such funds are
available for general expenditure by the local boardof education. Includes gifts and tuition and fees
received from patrons.
State. Revenue receipts from state sources
include all funds for the operation of the state
department of education, for state (employer)
contributions to retirement systems and/or Social
Security on behalf of school employees, for grants
in aid to intermediate and local school districts for
school purposes (including funds available from
state bond issues for such grants and the costs of
textbooks, buses, supplies, etc., purchased by the
state for distribution to local school districts), forthe payment of interest on state bonds issued to
provide grants to local school districts, and all other
state revenue for public school purposes. Money
collected by the state as an agent of a lesser unit
and turned over in like amounts to that unit is not
included.
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Federal. Revenue receipts from federal
sources include money distributed from the federal
treasury either directly to local school districts or
through the state and county, including grants for
vocational education, for aid to federally affected
areas, for school lunch and milk programs, for
educating American Indians in local public schools,and money derived from federal forest reserves and
federal oil royalties.
Revenue from Own Sources: All revenue of a
government (taxes and other) except
intergovernmental.
School District: An education agency at the local
level that exists primarily to operate public schools
or to contract for public school services. Synonyms
are local basic administrative unit and localeducation agency.
School-Age Population: Population age 5 through
17, inclusive (excluding armed forces abroad).
Secondary School: A school comprising any span
of grades beginning with the next grade following
an elementary or middle school (usually 7, 8, or 9)
and ending with or below grade 12. Both junior
high schools and senior high schools are included.
Standard Deviation, SDEV: A statisticaltechnique measuring the extent to which data vary
from their mean. Used to indicate the relative
dispersion of individual items.
Student-Teacher Ratio: The number of students in
the fall enrollment divided by the number of
classroom teachers. This ratio of students to
teachers must not be confused with average class
size, which is the number of students assigned to a
classroom for instructional purposes. Class size and
student-teacher ratio are very different concepts
and cannot be used interchangeably. According torecent studies, the difference between student-
teacher ratio and average class size in K3 is 9 or
10 students (Sharp 2002). Therefore, an elementary
school with a school-wide student-teacher ratio of
16:1 in kindergarten through third grade would
typically have an average class size of 25 or 26
students in those same grades.
Taxes: Compulsory contributions exacted by a
government for public purposes, except employee
and employer assessments for retirement and social
insurance purposes, which are classed as insurance
trust revenue. All tax revenue is classified under
general revenue and comprises amounts received
(including interest and penalties but excludingrefunds) from taxes imposed by the
recipient government. Amounts received by a
govern ment from a tax it imposes are counted as
tax revenue of that government, even though
initially collected by another government; however,
any amounts the collecting government retains are
treated as its tax revenue. Tax amounts
subsequently distributed to other governments are
classified as intergovernmental transactions.
Total Expenditures: Includes all currentexpenditures, capital outlay, and interest on the
school debt.
Total Revenue Receipts: Includes all revenue
receipts available for expenditure for current
expenses, capital outlay, and debt service for public
schools, including all appropriations from general
funds of federal, state, county, and local
governments; receipts from taxes levied for school
purposes; income from permanent school funds and
endowments; income from leases of school lands;
interest on bank deposits; tuition; gifts; and so on.Amounts that increase the school indebtedness or
that represent exchange of school property for
money are excluded.
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Technical Notes
his publication, Rankings of the States 2011,
contains rank-ordered statistics for the 50
states and the District of Columbia. All state
data are ranked beginning with the largest figure.
When the values of two or more states are the
same, they are assigned the same rank, with the
appropriate number resumed with the next state in
rank. In this case, they appear in rank order before
rounding. Note, also, that some totals in certain
tables may not sum exactly because of rounding.
Dollar values are expressed in current dollars
unless otherwise noted. The notation (Revised)
indicates tables that have been updated from the
previous edition ofRankings of the States.
The education data in Rankings are the most recent
actual or estimated data available from state
departments of education. Complete citations for
data sources are presented in the References section
(page 101). Where no data are available from astate education department, NEA Research has
provided an estimate, identified by an asterisk in
Series B, C, F, and H tables. The State Notes (page
97) contain additional information provided by
state education departments to help explain data
reported for their states.
The availability of data from federal government
and other sources dictates the presence or absence
of certain tables in this report. Because average
daily membership (ADM) is no longer widely used
as a state and national statistic, it has been replacedby fall enrollment (ENR) in the computation of
expenditure per student featured in Series H.
Moreover, the per student count in ENR, rather
than in average daily attendance (ADA), has
become the recommended indicator for measuring
public school expenditures and revenues as well as
personal income per student in this report.
However, for the readers convenience, tables with
variables in ADA have been maintained, and new
tables have been added for the ENR count in Series
D, F, and H.
Note, also, that in Series C, F, and H, the term K
12 Schools has replaced the term Elementary and
Secondary Schools. No change in the meaning is
implied (see the glossary entries for these terms).
The abbreviation is used because of limited space
in the title fields in the database from which the
Rankings tables are generated for this volume.
Figures A through H illustrate historical trends in
selected Rankings data, and a detachable worksheet
is provided at the back of this book to help state
affiliates and general users develop a school
funding profile. Comparisons with neighboring
states can be developed for any Rankings table by
using the last page of the detachable section.
The NEA skipped a publication year. Therefore,
no Rankings of the States 2007 and Estimates of
School Statistics 2008exists.
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Series APopulation
ables in Series A provide information about
the population of states and can serve as
indicators of the relative demand for public
education services or other public programs.
The level and change in total state population are
featured in Tables A-1 through A-4. These tables
help to identify patterns of growth or decline for
each state and the resulting implications for the
staffing and financing of public education
institutions. Population density appears in Table A-
11.
School-age population data in Tables A-5 through
A-7 focus directly on the consumers of public
elementary and secondary education. Combining
these figures with public school enrollment tables
in Series B can indicate demand for and
participation in public school services.
Tables A-8 through A-10 define the adult
population within states. Changes in the size of
adult and elderly age groups affect demand for
public school programs and the degree to which
funding for education faces competition from other
public sector programs. These tables also can
indicate the propensity of citizens within a state to
support public education.
Figure A displays historical trends for two key
groups: school-age and retirement-age populations.
The school-age trend indicates a potential demand
for education; the adult and retirement-age
populations indicate a potential demand for health
care services. As both education and health care are
heavily dependent on public financing, competition
between the two groups for available tax dollars
may increase (Tables A-6, A-9).
Figure A. Annual Percentage of Population in Selected Age Groups, 19992009
Tables A-1 to A-11A-1. Total Resident Population, 2009
A-2. Total Resident Population, 2008
A-3. Percentage Change in Total Resident Population, 200809
A-4. Percentage Change in Total Resident Population, 19992009
A-5. Population Ages 517, 2009
A-6. Population Ages 517 as Percentage of Total Population, 2009
A-7. Percentage of Resident Population Under Age 18, 2009
A-8. Percentage of Resident Population Ages 1864, 2009
A-9. Percentage of Resident Population Ages 65 and Older, 2009
A-10. Percentage Change in Population 65 Years of Age and Older, 19992009
A-11. Population per Square Mile of Land Area, 2009
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1. ALASKA 55.9
2. NEVADA 47.83. ARIZONA 37.84. UTAH 35.75. GEORGIA 33.56. SOUTH CAROLINA 31.47. NEW MEXICO 31.08. IDAHO 30.89. COLORADO 30.6
10. DELAWARE 28.611. TEXAS 25.912. NORTH CAROLINA 24.813. VIRGINIA 23.914. WYOMING 23.615. TENNESSEE 23.516. NEW HAMPSHIRE 23.417. WASHINGTON 22.518. VERMONT 21.919. MONTANA 20.520. OREGON 18.921. FLORIDA 16.622. MAINE 16.523. MARYLAND 16.424. HAWAII 16.025. KENTUCKY 15.626. ARKANSAS 14.7
MINNESOTA 14.7UNITED STATES 14.6
28. ALABAMA 14.629. CALIFORNIA 13.730. MISSISSIPPI 12.531. INDIANA 11.732. SOUTH DAKOTA 11.333. OKLAHOMA 10.734. LOUISIANA 10.635. MISSOURI 10.236. WISCONSIN 10.037. MICHIGAN 9.538. NEW YORK 7.839. OHIO 6.940. ILLINOIS 6.641. NEW JERSEY 6.142. NEBRASKA 5.743. WEST VIRGINIA 5.544. CONNECTICUT 4.345. MASSACHUSETTS 4.246. KANSAS 3.747. IOWA 3.548. PENNSYLVANIA 2.549. NORTH DAKOTA 1.150. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1.451. RHODE ISLAND 2.6
U.S. Census Bureau (2011a).
A-10. PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN POPULATION 65YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER, 19992009
1. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9,766
2. NEW JERSEY 1,1743. RHODE ISLAND 1,0084. MASSACHUSETTS 8415. CONNECTICUT 7266. MARYLAND 5837. DELAWARE 4538. NEW YORK 4149. FLORIDA 344
10. OHIO 28211. PENNSYLVANIA 28112. CALIFORNIA 23713. ILLINOIS 23214. HAWAII 20215. VIRGINIA 19916. NORTH CAROLINA 19317. INDIANA 17918. MICHIGAN 17619. GEORGIA 17020. TENNESSEE 15321. SOUTH CAROLINA 15222. NEW HAMPSHIRE 14823. KENTUCKY 10924. WISCONSIN 10425. LOUISIANA 10326. WASHINGTON 10027. TEXAS 9528. ALABAMA 93
UNITED STATES 8729. MISSOURI 8730. WEST VIRGINIA 7631. VERMONT 6732. MINNESOTA 6633. MISSISSIPPI 6334. ARIZONA 5835. ARKANSAS 5636. IOWA 54
OKLAHOMA 5438. COLORADO 4839. MAINE 4340. OREGON 4041. KANSAS 3542. UTAH 3443. NEVADA 2444. NEBRASKA 2345. IDAHO 1946. NEW MEXICO 1747. SOUTH DAKOTA 1148. NORTH DAKOTA 949. MONTANA 750. WYOMING 651. ALASKA 1
U.S. Census Bureau (2011a).
A-11. POPULATION PER SQUARE MILE OFLAND AREA, 2009
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Series BEnrollment and Attendance
ables in Series B feature data on student
participation in public elementary and
secondary schools. The tables include current
statistics on students enrolled and the change in
enrollment over the previous year. These tables
indicate change in relative demand for public
school services and staff.
Public school enrollment (ENR) and average daily
attendance (ADA) appear in Tables B-2 through B-
5.
Table B-7 shows the percentage change in the
number of high school graduates over a 10-year
period, which is useful in predicting demand for
higher education services in future years. Please see
page 97 for additional information provided by the
state education departments to help explain data
reported for their states in Series B tables.
Percentage change in total K12 public school
enrollment is displayed in Figure B.
Accommodating increases has required and will
continue to require physical and financial resources
just to maintain a level measure of educational
services (Table B-3).
B-1. Number of Operating Public School Districts, 201011
B-2. Public School Enrollment, Fall 2010
B-3. Percentage Change in Public School Enrollment, Fall 2009 to Fall 2010
B-4. Average Daily Attendance in Public Schools, 201011
B-5. Average Daily Attendance as Percentage of Fall Enrollment, 201011
B-6. Number of Public High School Graduates, 201011
B-7. Percentage Change in Number of High School Graduates, 200001 versus 201011
Figure B. Annual Percentage Change in Fall Enrollment, 200111
Tables B-1 to B-7
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Figure B. Annual Percentage Change in Fall Enrollment, 200111
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1. ARIZONA 112.6 *
2. NEVADA 74.8 *3. TENNESSEE 59.0 *4. GEORGIA 46.45. NORTH CAROLINA 45.66. FLORIDA 43.77. CONNECTICUT 35.9 *8. VIRGINIA 35.4 *9. TEXAS 33.5
10. SOUTH CAROLINA 31.4 *VERMONT 31.4 *12. NEW JERSEY 29.3 *13. NEW HAMPSHIRE 28.7 *14. NEW YORK 28.0 *15. CALIFORNIA 25.2 *
UNITED STATES 24.8 *16. WASHINGTON 21.017. MAINE 20.9 *18. COLORADO 20.6 *19. MICHIGAN 20.4 *20. OREGON 20.221. MARYLAND 19.922. ILLINOIS 19.4 *
PENNSYLVANIA 19.4 *24. ALABAMA 19.225. MASSACHUSETTS 18.726. MINNESOTA 18.6 *27. ALASKA 18.3
28. DELAWARE 16.8 *MISSOURI 16.8 *
30. RHODE ISLAND 16.0 *31. NEW MEXICO 15.732. HAWAII 15.433. INDIANA 14.934. KENTUCKY 14.335. OHIO 12.7 *36. WISCONSIN 11.0 *37. MISSISSIPPI 10.6 *38. ARKANSAS 10.0 *39. IDAHO 9.8 *40. KANSAS 8.941. NEBRASKA 5.842. UTAH 3.0 *43. OKLAHOMA 2.6 *44. IOWA 0.245. MONTANA 5.3 *46. LOUISIANA 5.847. WEST VIRGINIA 5.948. SOUTH DAKOTA 7.449. WYOMING 10.750. NORTH DAKOTA 12.451. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 39.7 *
Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2011).
B-7. PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN NUMBER OFHIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, 200001 TO 201011
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Series CFaculty
ersonnel in local public schools and in public
institutions of higher education are the focus
of tables in Series C. Changes in the number
of staff employed in education institutions as well
as their levels of compensation reflect trends in
enrollment, changes in the economy, and specific
program priorities expressed by state residents.
The number of staff employed in public schools is
featured in Table C-1. The statistics for full-time
employment in higher education presented in
Tables C-2 through C-4 have been computed by the
U.S. Census Bureau with a formula using hours
worked by part-time employees. Two tables of
student loadnumber of students enrolled per
teacher and number of students in ADA per
teacherare presented in Tables C-6 through C-7.
Average salaries for public elementary and
secondary classroom teachers and instructionalstaff are featured in Tables C-9 through C-22.
These average salary data are presented in
current (unadjusted) dollars and also in
constant (inflation-adjusted) dollars. These
computations employ the Consumer Price Index for
all Urban Consumers (CPI-U), converted to a
school-year basis, using the 200001 school year as
the base (200001 = 100.0).
The presentation of salary changes in constant-
dollar terms enables identification of salary
increases attributable to inflation. The resulting
picture for most states is of a salary gain over the
past decade far below what the public may intend
or know of. Used as an advocacy tool, these salary
data can do much to dispel myths of huge jumps in
the purchasing power of teacher salaries.
Please see page 97 for additional information
provided by the state education departments to help
explain data reported for their states in Series C
tables.
Figure C traces the percentage change in averagesalaries paid teachers from 2001 to 2011. When
adjusted for inflation, the average salary has
increased by 1.4 percent over the decade (Tables C-
15, C-14).
Figure C. Annual Percentage Change in Teacher Salary, 200111 (Current $)
Tables C-1 to C-22C-1. Total Instructional Staff in Public K12 Schools, 201011
C-2. Total Instructional Staff (Full-Time Equivalent) in Public Institutions of Higher Education,2009
C-3. Total Instructional Staff (FTE) in Public Institutions of Higher Education per 10,000 Popu-lation, October 2009
C-4. Total Noninstructional Staff (FTE) in Public Institutions of Higher Education per 10,000Population, October 2009
C-5. Number of Teachers in Public K12 Schools, 201011
C-6. Students Enrolled per Teacher in Public K12 Schools, Fall 2010
C-7. Students in ADA per Teacher in Public K12 Schools, 201011
C-8. Percentage of Public School Teachers Who Are Men, 201011
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C-9. Average Salaries of Public School Teachers, 200910 (Revised) ($)
C-10. Average Salaries of Public School Teachers as Percentage of National Average, 200910(Revised)
C-11. Average Salaries of Public School Teachers, 201011 ($)
C-12. Average Salaries of Public School Teachers as Percentage of National Average, 201011
C-13. Percentage Change in Average Salaries of Public School Teachers 200001 to 201011(Current $)
C-14. Percentage Change in Avg. Salaries of Public School Teachers, 200001 to 201011 (Con-stant $)
C-15. Percentage Change in Average Salaries of Public School Teachers 200910 to 201011(Current $)
C-16. Average Salaries of Instructional Staff in Public Schools, 200910 (Revised) ($)
C-17. Average Salaries of Instructional Staff as Percentage of National Average, 200910 (Re-vised)
C-18. Average Salaries of Instructional Staff in Public Schools, 201011 ($)
C-19. Average Salaries of Instructional Staff, as Percentage of National Average, 201011C-20. Percentage Change in Average Instructional Staff Salaries, 200001 to 201011 (Current $)
C-21. Percentage Change, Average Instructional Staff Salaries, 200001 to 201011 (Constant $)
C-22. Percentage Change, Average Instructional Staff Salaries, 200910 to 201011 (Current $)
Figure C. Annual Percentage Change in Teacher Salary, 200111 (Current $)
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1. WISCONSIN 5.4
2. NORTH DAKOTA 4.63. VERMONT 3.4 *4. ALASKA 3.35. MONTANA 3.0 *6. MASSACHUSETTS 2.9
MINNESOTA 2.9 *8. ILLINOIS 2.8 *
PENNSYLVANIA 2.8
10. MICHIGAN 2.6 *MISSOURI 2.6 *SOUTH DAKOTA 2.6
13. NEBRASKA 2.5UTAH 2.5 *
15. IDAHO 2.4 *RHODE ISLAND 2.4 *
17. ARKANSAS 2.3MAINE 2.3 *NEVADA 2.3 *
20. NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.1 *21. INDIANA 2.0 *22. CONNECTICUT 1.6 *
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1.6 *OREGON 1.6
25. ARIZONA 1.5 *CALIFORNIA 1.5 *DELAWARE 1.5 *VIRGINIA 1.5 *
29. KENTUCKY 1.430. IOWA 1.331. NEW JERSEY 1.0 *
UNITED STATES 0.8 *32. TENNESSEE 0.733. ALABAMA 0.6
TEXAS 0.635. LOUISIANA 0.536. WYOMING 0.437. NEW YORK 0.1
OKLAHOMA 0.139. COLORADO 0.0
HAWAII 0.041. KANSAS 0.1
WASHINGTON 0.143. OHIO 0.244. MARYLAND 0.345. NORTH CAROLINA 0.5
WEST VIRGINIA 0.547. GEORGIA 0.748. MISSISSIPPI 0.949. SOUTH CAROLINA 1.050. NEW MEXICO 1.151. FLORIDA 2.1
MEDIAN 1.5RANGE 7.4SDEV. 1.5CV 113.3
Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2011).
C-22. PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN AVERAGE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFFSALARIES, 200910 TO 201011 (CURRENT $)
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Series DGeneral Financial Resources
he term total personal income measures the
overall economic activity within a specific
geographic area. It is the aggregate income
from all sources received by persons residing in a
state, and it has a significant effect on the total
income or financial resources available to
governmental jurisdictions through taxation. In
turn, the amount of total personal income available
affects the prospects for financing public education
and other government services. A states personal
income is used throughout the tables in this report
to gauge the ability and effort of states to generate
funds for public programs, and it is considered by
some to present a better method of comparison than
the use of per capita computations.
Tables D-1 and D-2 compare states on their total
personal income and the percentage gain in each
state. Per capita personal income provides more
detail about the relative financial well-being ofindividuals within each state through the use of
statewide population as a common denominator and
is featured in Tables D-3 through D-6.
Tables D-7 and D-8 compare the states on a
measure of personal income geared more closely to
the consumers of public education servicesthe
number of students as measured in fall enrollment
and average daily attendance, respectively. Table
D-9 shows the relative significance of government
activity as it contributes to total personal income by
measuring personal income from government and
government enterprises as a percentage of the total.
Income from farming activities is compared by
state in Table D-10.
Figure D shows the percentage change in per capita
personal income for the years 1999 through 2009.
To a large extent, personal income drives state tax
systems. Sales and income tax collections respond
rapidly to its changes. It is therefore a key indicator
to watch in education finance planning (Table D-5).
Figure D. Annual Percentage Change in Per Capita Personal Income, 19992009
Tables D-1 to D-10D-1. Total Personal Income, 2009 ($ millions)
D-2. Percentage Change in Total Personal Income, 2008 to 2009
D-3. Per Capita Personal Income, 2009 ($)
D-4. Per Capita Personal Income as Percentage of National Average, 2009
D-5. Percentage Change in per Capita Personal Income, 2008 to 2009
D-6. Percentage Change in per Capita Personal Income, 1999 to 2009
D-7. Personal Income per Student in Fall Enrollment, 2009 ($)
D-8. Personal Income per Student in Average Daily Attendance, 2009 ($)
D-9. Personal Income from Government and Government Enterprises (Federal, State, and Local)as Percentage of Total Personal Income, 2009
D-10. Gross Farm Income per Capita, 2009 ($)
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Figure D. Annual Percentage Change in per Capita Personal Income, 19992009
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1. NORTH DAKOTA 3,124
2. SOUTH DAKOTA 2,8903. NEBRASKA 1,8074. IOWA 1,6295. IDAHO 8396. KANSAS 7837. MINNESOTA 5938. ARKANSAS 5119. MISSISSIPPI 424
10. MONTANA 39411. INDIANA 33312. CALIFORNIA 32913. ILLINOIS 31114. WASHINGTON 29715. MISSOURI 28716. OREGON 27317. NORTH CAROLINA 26518. NEW MEXICO 26419. KENTUCKY 25220. ALABAMA 225
UNITED STATES 21921. HAWAII 20522. GEORGIA 20423. LOUISIANA 19524. DELAWARE 18225. VERMONT 18026. WISCONSIN 16927. OHIO 164
28. COLORADO 15829. MICHIGAN 12630. FLORIDA 115
WYOMING 11532. MAINE 11433. SOUTH CAROLINA 10934. ARIZONA 7135. PENNSYLVANIA 6936. TEXAS 6537. TENNESSEE 4938. MARYLAND 47
NEVADA 4740. CONNECTICUT 4641. NEW YORK 4442. NEW JERSEY 4243. UTAH 3344. VIRGINIA 3245. OKLAHOMA 2246. MASSACHUSETTS 1947. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1848. RHODE ISLAND 1549. ALASKA 1050. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 051. WEST VIRGINIA 33
Bureau of Economic Analysis (2011).
D-10. GROSS FARM INCOME PER CAPITA,2009 ($)
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Series EGovernmental Revenue
evenue of state and local governments,
principally revenue generated through
taxation, is the subject of the tables in Series
E. These tables contain comparative information
about the amounts and significance of selected tax
sources by state, providing insight into the financial
resources of government that are available for
financing public education.
General revenue, own-source revenue, and tax
collections are presented for state and local
governments in this series. Revenue data are
expressed on a per capita basis or as a proportion of
state personal income. The latter expression, found
in Tables E-2, E-4, E-8, E-11, E-14, and E-15,
indicates that for every $1,000 of personal income
in a state, a certain amount of revenue (e.g., sales
tax revenue) is generated. This is referred to as the
tax effort of government units and also can be
computed for expenditure categories, as shown in
Series G and H.
Tables E-12 through E-15 feature state revenue
from general sales and from individual income
taxes, expressed on a per capita basis and per
$1,000 of state personal income. Please note that
low amounts appear for several states, indicating
that those taxes are restricted in some fashion.
Please consult references on state tax
characteristics for clarifying information.
The historical trend of state and local tax
collections per $1,000 of personal income is shown
in Figure E for 19992009. State and local shares
show little annual variation; given these constant
relationships, it is easy to see why economic
growth is the key to substantive improvement in
education finance (Tables E-4, E-11).
Figure E. Annual State and Local Taxes per $1,000 of Personal Income, 19992009
Tables E-1 to E-15E-1. Per Capita General Revenue of all State and Local Governments, 200809 ($)
E-2. General Revenue of State and Local Govts from Own Sources, 200809, per $1,000 of Per-sonal Income, 2009 ($)
E-3. Per Capita Tax Revenue of State and Local Governments, 200809 ($)
E-4. State and Local Tax Revenue in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income, 2009 ($)
E-5. Per Capita Property Tax Revenue of State and Local Governments, 200809 ($)
E-6. Per Capita Property Tax Revenue of Local Governments, 200809 ($)E-7. Property Tax Revenue of State and Local Governments as Percentage of Total Tax Reve-
nue, 200809
E-8. State and Local Property Tax Revenue in 200809 per $1,000 in Personal Income, 2009 ($)
E-9. Per Capita State Tax Revenue, 200809 ($)
E-10. Per Capita Local Tax Revenue, 200809 ($)
E-11. State Tax Revenue in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income in 2009 ($)
E-12. Per Capita State Individual Income Tax Revenue, 200809 ($)
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E-13. Per Capita State General Sales Tax Revenue, 200809 ($)
E-14. State Individual Income Tax Revenue in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income in 2009($)
E-15. State General Sales Tax Revenue in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income in 2009 ($)
Figure E. Annual State and Local Taxes per $1,000 of Personal Income,
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Series FSchool Revenue
eries F tables compare states on their sources
of public school revenue. Funds received by
public school districts from federal, state, and
local sources are listed for each state and are
expressed in relation to the number of students in
each state, to the states personal income, and
according to the percentage distribution across the
three government sources.
Tables F-5 and F-6 examine each states relative
position with regard to school revenues per $1,000
of state personal income. These measures, as with
the examples in Series E, make it easier to compare
the effort of government units to provide financial
support for public school programs through
measurement of that support with the common
denominator of personal income.
Please see page 97 for additional information
provided by the state education departments to help
explain data reported for their states in Series F
tables.
Figure F displays school revenues by sourcestate,
local, and federal. Throughout the past 10 years,
state and local governments have each provided
between 43 and 50 percent of the total. The federal
contribution has ranged from 7.1 to 11.3 percent
over that same period of time (Tables F-8, F-10,
and F-12).
Figure F. Annual School Revenue by Source, 200111
Tables F-1 to F-13
F-1. Public School Revenue per Student in Fall Enrollment, 200910 (Revised) ($)F-2. Public School Revenue per Student in Fall Enrollment, 201011 ($)
F-3. Public School Revenue per Student in Average Daily Attendance, 200910 (Revised) ($)
F-4. Public School Revenue per Student in Average Daily Attendance, 201011 ($)
F-5. Public School Revenue in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income in 2009 ($)
F-6. State and Local Revenue for Public Schools in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income in2009 ($)
F-7. Percentage of Revenue for Public K12 Schools from Local Governments, 200910 (Re-vised)
F-8. Percentage of Revenue for Public K12 Schools from Local Governments, 201011
F-9. Percentage of Revenue for Public K12 Schools from State Governments, 200910 (Re-vised)
F-10. Percentage of Revenue for Public K12 Schools from State Governments, 201011
F-11. Percentage of Revenue for Public K12 Schools from Federal Government, 200910 (Re-vised)
F-12. Percentage of Revenue for Public K12 Schools from Federal Government, 201011
F-13. Local Public School Revenue as a Percentage of Combined State and Local School Reve-nue, 201011
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Rankings of the States 201138
Figure F. Annual School Revenue by Source, 200111
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30
40
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60
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Year
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1. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 100.0 *
2. ILLINOIS 80.6 *3. RHODE ISLAND 67.2 *4. MISSOURI 65.9 *5. NEW JERSEY 64.9 *6. SOUTH DAKOTA 64.27. NEW HAMPSHIRE 63.7 *8. NEVADA 62.8 *9. CONNECTICUT 59.9 *
10. VIRGINIA 58.8 *11. PENNSYLVANIA 58.7 *12. FLORIDA 58.213. MAINE 58.1 *14. NEBRASKA 57.715. GEORGIA 56.3 *16. NORTH DAKOTA 55.817. MASSACHUSETTS 55.718. COLORADO 52.619. TEXAS 51.820. MARYLAND 51.4 *21. NEW YORK 50.8 *22. WISCONSIN 50.7 *23. OHIO 50.6 *24. IOWA 50.325. OREGON 49.626. SOUTH CAROLINA 49.3
UNITED STATES 48.7 *27. LOUISIANA 46.8
28. TENNESSEE 45.629. KENTUCKY 45.130. MONTANA 45.0 *31. ARIZONA 42.6 *32. INDIANA 42.1 *33. UTAH 41.9 *34. OKLAHOMA 41.7 *35. WYOMING 41.236. KANSAS 39.937. MISSISSIPPI 38.6 *38. MICHIGAN 37.5 *39. ALABAMA 36.640. ARKANSAS 36.5 *41. CALIFORNIA 32.642. DELAWARE 32.5 *43. WASHINGTON 32.3 *44. WEST VIRGINIA 31.3 *45. NORTH CAROLINA 29.346. ALASKA 26.5 *47. IDAHO 22.8 *48. NEW MEXICO 20.1 *49. MINNESOTA 15.4 *50. VERMONT 5.7 *51. HAWAII 5.6
MEDIAN 49.3RANGE 94.4SDEV. 17.3CV 37.0
Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2011).
F-13. LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OFCOMBINED STATE & LOCAL SCHOOL REVENUE, 201011
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Series GGovernment Expenditures
tate and local government spending
characteristics provide useful comparative
information about the resources, needs, and
priorities for public services. Expenditures for
government programs vary across states for many
reasons, and state-by-state comparisons should be
made while keeping the particular factors for each
state in minddemographic, economic, and
political factors are but a few.
Tables in Series G describe spending by state
governments and by state and local governments
combined. Expenditure data are expressed on a per
capita basis, allowing closer comparison of the
differences in levels and objects of state
government spending, as well as their positions
relative to the U.S. average. Use of state personal
income in selected tables provides an opportunity
to compare the relative effort of government
units to fund various types of programs, including
public education.
Per capita expenditures of state and local
governments are shown in Figure G. General
expenditures increased by 61.2 percent from 1999
to 2009, whereas capital outlay and interest on debt
increased 69.0 percent. Adjusted for inflation, theyincreased 24.4 percent and 30.4 percent,
respectively. Over this same period, the ratio of
general expenditures to capital outlay and debt has
decreased from 5.5 to 1 to 5.2 to 1. Education
expenditures are included in these totals (Tables G-
3, G-10, G-11).
Figure G. Annual Per Capita State and Local Government Expenditures, 19992009
Tables G-1 to G-12G-1. Per Capita Total General Expenditures of State Governments for all Functions, 200809 ($)
G-2. State Government General Expenditures in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Income in 2009 ($)
G-3. Per Capita Direct General Expenditures of State and Local Governments, 200809 ($)
G-4. State and Local Government Direct General Expenditures in 200809, per $1,000 of Personal Incomein 2009 ($)
G-5. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Public Welfare, 200809 ($)
G-6. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Health and Hospitals, 200809 ($)
G-7. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Police and Fire Protection, 200809 ($)
G-8. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Corrections, 200809 ($)
G-9. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Highways, 200809 ($)
G-10. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Capital Outlay, 200809 ($)
G-11. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Interest on Debt, 200809 ($)
G-12. Ratio of State and Local General Revenue to Total General Government Expenditures, 200809
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Figure G. Annual Per Capita State and Local Government Expenditures,
19992009
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
5,000
5,500
6,000
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8,500
9,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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Capital and debt
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Series HSchool Expenditures
xpenditures for elementary and secondary
schools and for higher education can serve
as indicators of state and local government
effort to fund these services. Measures used to
compare states on spending for education include
current expenditures per student in Fall
Enrollment (ENR) or Average Daily Attendance
(ADA). In Section H, school expenditure data are
displayed in relation to state population and state
personal income and as percentages of total state
expenditures or as proportions of national
averages.
Expenditure data are shown for elementary and
secondary (K12) schools. Knowledge about
public education systems and their funding
characteristics is required to make fair
comparisons of state and local government
financial support of education relative to that
found in other states. See page 97 for additional
information provided by the state education
departments.
Combined per capita education expenditures of
state and local governments are shown in Figure
H. Between 1999 and 2009 expenditures for
elementary and secondary education increased
16.8 percent and higher education expenses
increased 28.5 percent, in real dollars. The ratio
of elementary and secondary expenditures to
higher education expenditures is 2.5 to 1 (Tables
H-7, H-8).
Figure H. Annual per Capita State and Local Expenditures, 19992009
Tables H-1 to H-19H-1. Per Capita State Government Expenditures for all Education, 200809 ($)
H-2. State Government Expenditures for all Education in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal In-come in 2009 ($)
H-3. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for all Education, 200809 ($)
H-4. State and Local Government Expenditures for all Education in 200809 per $1,000 of Per-sonal Income in 2009
H-5. State and Local Government Expenditures for all Education as a Percentage of Direct Gen-eral Expenditures for All Functions, 200809
H-6. Local Expenditures as Percentage of State and Local Expenditures for Public Higher Educa-tion Institutions, 200809
H-7. Per Capita State and Local Government Expenditures for Higher Education, 200809 ($)
H-8. Per Capita Expenditures of State and Local Governments for Public K12 Schools, 200809 ($)
H-9. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Fall Enrollment, 200910(Revised) ($)
H-10. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Fall Enrollment as Percentageof National Average, 200910 (Revised)
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H-11. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Fall Enrollment, 201011 ($)
H-12. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Fall Enrollment as Percentageof National Average, 201011
H-13. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools in 200809 per $1,000 of Personal Incomein 2009
H-14. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Average Daily Attendance,200910 (Revised) ($)
H-15. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Average Daily Attendace asPercentage of National Average, 200910 (Revised)
H-16. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Average Daily Attendance,201011 ($)
H-17. Current Expenditures for Public K12 Schools per Student in Average Daily Attendance asPercentage of National Averag
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